The junta plans to hold an election in 2025, which critics have derided as a sham. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar's military has extended the state of emergency for six more months, coinciding with the coup's four-year anniversary.

Myanmar's junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.

(Reuters) -- Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the ...